El Día, 6/23/61, Bruce Conner

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Bruce Conner, El Día, 6/23/61
Bruce Conner, El Día, 6/23/61
Bruce Conner
El Día, 6/23/61
1961
Bruce Conner
1933–2008
El Día, 6/23/61, 1961
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: wood engraving collage
Dimensions:
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 7 x 14 1/2 in
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 158.75 x 219.07 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 6 1/4 x 8 5/8 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 14 x 22 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Helen Foresman Spencer Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2005.0002
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Cabinets of Curiosity: Musing About Collections," Jun-2006, Joseph Keehn and Madeline Rislow Bruce Conner is best known for his experimental approaches to filmmaking, but he has also done important work as a sculptor, collage artist, and draughtsman. El Día (The Day) is a fantastic landscape made from collaged wood engravings that were originally illustrations in nineteenth-century natural history texts.